One-third of Puerto Rico still doesn't have power
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Source: I worked with an NGO there for most of a year
Edit: They're not a consulting company, they were supposed to be (hiring subcontractors to) get actual work done. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitefish_Energy
Whitefish was doing its job. There were lots of trucks, lots of crew, going around actually repairing the grid.
Was it a contract vs no-contract? Was Whitefish overcharging? Is Whitefish a consultancy versus contractors? Was it too much money?
IDGAF!! They were doing it. Actually fixing the system. Yet for whatever set of reasons, they no longer are.
We are super thankful to the New York Power Authority, thankful for ConEd, thankful for the Georgia people, the Florida people, the crews from other beautiful States of the Union. Super thankful.
Yet Whitefish was actually working.
I don't know if it's all ex-colonies in Latin America, yet it's always the same thing. Lets destroy what those guys are doing because they're not us.
And I had generators all the time and grid-power has been restored to my house! Imagine if I didn't have power yet! How would this post go about?
Not very productive for your long term self interest. Something is better than nothing, but that's a truly low bar.
> Yet for whatever set of reasons, they no longer are.
This information is widely available on the internet and even within the comments of this post.
edit: I originally posted "He's not downplaying the Puerto Rican crisis," but changed my wording in case of confusion.
Puerto Rico gives out $100 million in bonuses after pleading for $94 billion in hurricane relief
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/3/puerto-rico-...
"This year the payments will total $113 million, the government told Bloomberg News. Some 250,000 people get bonuses, with current workers averaging $600 bonus and retirees getting about $200, Bloomberg reported.
For the majority of government employees who make between $20,000 and $40,000 it’s an important boost, said Carlos Mercader, who leads Puerto Rico’s office in Washington, D.C. He said the governor, in making the payments, is following the law.
And he said members of Congress who are pondering the territory’s massive relief request should be aware of how much the governor has already done to control the budget, such as a 20 percent reduction in political appointees in the government and a 15 percent cut in the operating budget.
“I would challenge whoever argues that the government hasn’t been austere in this whole process. The government has been saving money from the get-go,” Mr. Mercader said."